Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 303 Big Chess
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At the same time Qin Xia and Kelbohar finished their conversation.

Angron here.

Angron, who was speculating on all the possible consequences of the Kelbor incident, suddenly felt sleepy and fell into a deep sleep.

Just like the dream I had the last time I slept.

Angron found himself aboard the Emperor's Vision, with the Emperor before him.

The entire command deck has come to a complete standstill.

Angron glanced at the star map and saw that the Emperor's fleet was not far from Nuceria, next to a small Warp rift.

Because the distance was not particularly far, and they were next to the Warp rift, the Emperor was able to directly pull Angron into the illusion of their conversation again, and this time the illusion felt extremely real, without the hazy dream filter.

"You captured the Martian Forging General alive?" the Emperor asked coldly.

“No.” Angron lied subconsciously.

The reason for the subconscious lie was that the Emperor gave Angron the impression that he always liked to consider things from a macro perspective... Angron was worried that the Emperor would ask him to send Kelborhal away unscathed, and might even apologize to Kelborhal in order to maintain unity.

If Kelber really left safely, Nuceria would be a public toilet with buried treasures in the eyes of the Mechanicus, and anyone could use it.

"This is an emergency. No lying!" The Emperor moved his fingers and a psychic attack hit Angron's brain.

The psychic attack caused Angron to feel pain, but he did not fly away like last time.

"I can see most of what I want to see." The Emperor stood up. "You can't hide anything from me."

Angron rushed at the Emperor and threw a punch.

The Emperor flashed to the side and said, "Call Qin Xia over now and tell him that the matter of Kel Bohar will be properly handled, but no matter what, no matter how the situation develops, he cannot kill Kel Bohar, and you cannot kill him as the Primarch."

"Kill the Forge General?" Angron frowned. "That's too extreme. It's not my style."

"Isn't this your style? Didn't you kill all the High Knights and Guards indiscriminately?" The emperor suddenly sneered.

"It was indeed a clean kill." Angron said calmly, "But as the Forge General, Kelborhar was at least willing to allocate Mars' productivity to the expedition to recover humanity's former territory. This is different from the High Knights who can't bring any benefit to humanity."

The Emperor did not expect that Angron was not angered by his words. Instead, he was curious about how each person he met was divided into different categories in Angron's mind, which was the basis for his different attitudes towards them...

But now is not the time to be concerned with ideas.

"You may not kill Kelborhar, but Qin Xia will," the Emperor explained. "He tends to nip crises in the bud... no matter what means are used."

Angron's frown deepened.

The Emperor thought that Angron was going to defend Qin Xia next, so he said what he had prepared long ago: "So he praised you when you tricked those people who were about to kill civilians and create panic... Using the nine-square division method you learned from him, he is lawful evil, he..."

"Stop talking nonsense! What do you think? How do we solve this problem?" Angron sensed the Emperor's anxiety beneath his calm surface.

The Emperor was really worried that Qin Xia would kill Kelbo.

But Angron could not sense more from the Emperor...it was even possible that the anxiety he sensed was actively revealed by the Emperor himself.

"Call him here," the Emperor ordered. "I will tell you the rest."

The illusion disappears.

Angron woke up from his desk and took a second to process what the Emperor had just said in his vision, then picked up his communicator and called a Librarian who could directly contact his adoptive father in the interrogation room using psychic power.

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Psionic communication is indeed efficient.

A few minutes later, Qin Xia was teleported to Angron's side. When he came out of the portal and was about to ask, he suddenly found himself and Angron being dragged into an illusion.

The Emperor stood nearby.

Qin Xia looked at the emperor, confused.

The Emperor spoke very calmly and calmly: "How is Kelborhar doing now?"

Qin Xia frowned, thought for a moment and responded, "Not dead."

The Emperor nodded slowly: "Kel Bohar is not a man who values ​​dignity. You can negotiate with him and come up with a condition that satisfies both sides. Then let him go and let him do what he should do, what I ask him to do."

Hearing this, Qin Xia was in a trance for a moment, then shook his head repeatedly: "This... No... You don't know... Wait, since you want to intervene directly in this matter, why don't you teleport Kelbo away?"

"Who are you asking?" The Emperor replied coldly, "You carry with you an artifact that was created ten thousand years ago to defend against psykers, and you ask me why?"

Qin Xia frowned.

He didn't know whether the Emperor was pretending not to be able to see through the Portable Soulless Creature just in case, or whether he really couldn't see through it.

"Okay." Qin Xia stopped dwelling on the matter and continued to explain his point of view, "I really hope that Kelbo will be arrested, not to punish a Mechanicus who covets Nuxing technology, but for things in the more distant future."

"Did you know that Kel Bohar was the one who opposed you?"

"In the future that I can predict, he will start a rebellion on Mars!"

When speaking, Qin Xia did not use any honorific title for the emperor, nor did he show any respect, because he wanted to firmly express his attitude and position, as well as the seriousness of the matter.

"Well, in the future that you can predict." The Emperor nodded slightly, then waved his hand gently.

A pale dome replaced the surrounding environment, and something like silk threads were attached to the dome.

The emperor moved his fingers slightly, and things like nodes appeared on the thread.

It’s all about Kyle Bohar’s future and past.

"I can predict countless pasts and futures of Kelborhar, from him opposing me to supporting me, from him starting a rebellion to dying for me, and even him wasting his life in obscurity in a Martian factory."

"You can only see one of them. For me, I can't be sure what his future will be like. I can only be sure of how I should treat him now to maximize my interests and minimize his threats."

Listening to what the emperor said, Qin Xia looked around.

He discovered that the nodes of fate revealed by the Emperor were only a small part, and not even Kerborhar's complete life from beginning to end, but only some vague future, not too distant future... This shows that the Emperor's predictive ability is actually limited.

When Qin Xia wanted to explain, the emperor spoke again.

"I have a rough idea of ​​your background from the way you act and some of the things I've said from other people's perspectives."

"You are from the future, and you have witnessed a lot with your own eyes, but you are afraid of being exposed and being hostile, so you claim that this is a prophetic ability... I understand."

"But even if a person returns from the future to the present, the future he sees and experiences is just one of the countless threads of fate... Believe me, I have seen many people who can travel freely between the past and the future. I can do it myself. Even though I can't travel too far, I know immortals who can return to the present from the distant future."

Qin Xia was in a trance for a moment.

The emperor laid his cards on the table and directly stated that he had speculated that Qin Xia came from the future.

Qin Xia vaguely felt that what the emperor said made sense. Perhaps the future he had experienced was just one of the countless possible futures.

"I can't see too far ahead," the Emperor continued, "but for those who are already here now, as long as they are not soulless, I can still see their experiences... except for you... When Arvida saw the people called Grey Knights under my gaze, I could sense most of the Grey Knights, and then I knew a lot."

Qin Xia pondered for a moment and nodded doubtfully.

The Emperor continued: "Kerborhar must not die. It was my will that he should become the Fabricator-General. If you could read my mind as Angron does, you would know why I did so."

"I know roughly." Qin Xia said, "When the people on Mars who oppose you become the majority, you have to choose someone who can represent them to avoid civil war."

The emperor nodded repeatedly: "You can understand, very good, this matter will be handled in a way that will satisfy both sides. I will explain the rest later. When I have time, we can talk about it in detail."

Qin Xia frowned, and sincerely didn't think that the emperor had time to talk.

But the Emperor spoke to himself: "About the Thousand Sons Legion, about the many futures I have seen, about what you know... Let's talk about it, as long as I can rest... You should understand me, you should know what is most important now, that is the Great Crusade."

Angron looked at the Emperor with mixed feelings. The Emperor's attitude towards him was different from the attitude towards Qin Xia, so he doubted whether the Emperor was sincere at this time.

It's a hypocritical performance, getting others to cooperate with you in playing a big game... or is it really anxious?

As long as the Emperor is unwilling to open his heart completely, he will not be able to perceive the truth.

"You seem a little anxious." Qin Xia said suddenly.

"Of course," the Emperor replied. "The destructive power of a person who knows nothing is limited, while the destructive power of a person who knows a lot of things and thinks he can change everything is unlimited. I hate to say this, but it is the truth."

Qin Xia shook his head: "Why do you think I would kill Kelbo? I was just talking to him in the interrogation room, and I didn't do anything."

When he said the words "didn't take action", Qin Xia subconsciously hid his right fist.

He delivered an uppercut to Kelbo, but for the quadrant.

An uppercut probably wouldn't be enough to make Kelbo feel like he was being beaten, so this certainly couldn't be considered a fight... at least Qin Xia didn't think so.

"I know very well that Kelber is the opinion leader on Mars. If he dies, there will be Kelber No. 2 and No. 3." Qin Xia spread his hands. "Besides, I don't even know if I can kill him. He must have a lot of interesting things on him, such as something that can prevent Angron from sensing all his thoughts."

The Emperor nodded vigorously, then looked at Angron and said, "This is the quality you should learn from your adopted father. That is the overall situation."

“Indeed.” Angron nodded. “I will study hard and recommend someone to learn from my adoptive father’s patience, his generosity in expressing his feelings, and…”

"Keep this big picture in mind." The emperor instructed Qin Xia, then waved his hand and sent the two out of the illusion.

When Qin Xia woke up, he found his hand on Angron's shoulder.

This means that when the Emperor pulled himself into the illusion just now, he regarded Angron as the medium of psychic spells.

After getting rid of the emperor, Angron immediately asked, "What did Kelbor say?"

"He told a few stories... And Kelber didn't come for our technology. He came to have a secret talk with us." Qin Xia said, "Talk about opposing the Emperor... We should be careful now and never get involved with those anti-emperor people."

"It seems that we are not the kind of people who are not against the Empire and the Emperor?" Angron asked.

Qin Xia was speechless.

Angron spread his hands.

"The matter has been resolved."

Qin Xia changed the subject.

"There will be no pressure from Mars, nor from the Empire. As the Emperor said, this matter has ended in the best of both worlds."

"Because before I came back, Kyle Bohar had already given a solution to the problem, so I let him go."

"But the Emperor's persuasion is not meaningless. At least we know what he thinks."

(End of this chapter)